‘Oh, Stop It!’: Jeanine Pirro Explodes On Reporter For ‘Gotcha’ Question

A tense exchanged unfolded during a U.S. Justice Department press conference on Tuesday when Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, put a reporter in her place after she questioned whether the Trump administration is sincere about its effort to combat crime in the nation’s capital.

Pirro, who is awaiting U.S. Senate confirmation, spoke passionately about President Donald Trump’s commitment to wresting back control of city streets he claims have been ceded to criminals and the homeless. Her press conference came one day after Trump’s announcement that federal authorities will be taking over the Metropolitan Police in a bid to restore law and order.

As the media availability was ending, a reporter shouted out to Pirro, asking whether she feels cuts in Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill will be detrimental to her mission.

“You said it’s guns on the street that’s causing this problem. Are you concerned that the DOJ’s funding cuts to gun violence prevention programs undermine those efforts?” she asked Pirro, who wasted little time in responding.

“Oh, stop it!” the exasperated prosecutor replied. “We are putting all kinds of resources on to the street.”

Undeterred, reporters continued to pepper Pirro with questions about illegal gun possession in D.C. and whether the introduction of thousands of National Guard soldiers will be enough to curb the problem.

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Less than a month after passage of Trump’s signature bill, Reuters reported that provisions included cuts to Biden-era gun violence prevention programs, including $158 million in grants that were directed to Democratic strongholds like New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington, DC, and Baltimore. Another $142 million in gun violent prevention grants were kept in place as part of the bill.

A DOJ spokesperson said at the time the grants were terminated because they “no longer effectuate the program’s goals or agency’s priorities.”

Some of those programs may have served as slush funds to Democratic officials like Fani Willis, the Fulton County district attorney who was accused by a whistleblower of robbing an anti-gang fund to pay for travel and swag.

Instead, Trump will being deploying upwards of 800 National Guardsmen into D.C. streets on Tuesday night, with about 100 to 150 serving at any given time. Their presence adds to that of FBI agents who Director Kash Patel has committed to participating in the initiative.

In her remarks, Pirro, a former Fox News host, highlighted “young punks” who she accused of committing brazen daylight shootings in the nation’s capital. Trump officials pointed to the shooting death of an individual on Monday, the same day that the federal takeover was announced.